Australia ta fara sabon zamani a wasan kwalifikoshin FIFA World Cup 2026 da China a Adelaide Oval ranar Alhamis, 10 Oktoba. Wannan wasan, wanda zai fara da sa’a 7:30 pm ACDT, zai yi shi ne karo na farko da sabon koci Tony Popovic bayan ya gaji Graham Arnold.
Australia, bayan rashin nasarar da ta samu a watan Satumba, inda ta sha kashi 1-0 a gida a hannun Bahrain sannan ta tashi 0-0 da Indonesia, ta himmatu ta samu nasara a wasan da China. China, a gefe guda, ta fuskanci matsaloli bayan ta sha kashi 7-0 a hannun Japan sannan ta sha kashi 2-1 a hannun Saudi Arabia.
Koci Tony Popovic ya bayyana cewa ba zai yi takamaimai ba idan Socceroos ba su samu nasara a wasan da China. Ya ce, “Ba zan yi takamaimai ba, mun daɗe da lokaci yaɗa ya nuna wa ‘yan wasa yadda muke son su taka leda, kuma na tabbatar da cewa ‘yan wasa sun gani haka kuma suna da sauki da shi, za su nuna alamun mazuri a ranar Juma’a”.
China, karkashin koci Branko Ivanković, za ta fuskanci wasu matsaloli saboda raunin da wasu ‘yan wasanta suka samu, ciki har da Wu Lei da Alan Carvalho. Australia, a gefe guda, ta samu dawowar wasu ‘yan wasanta kamar Jordy Bos, Riley McGree, Ajdin Hrustic, da Gianni Stensness bayan ya wuce rauni.
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Australia ta samu nasara a wasanni uku a jere a Adelaide Oval, kuma tana himmatu ta ci gaba da nasarar ta a wasan da China. Koci Popovic ya ce, “Mun daɗe da ƙungiyar ‘yan wasa masu ƙarfi da kyau, kuma muna imanin cewa za mu iya samun nasara a wasan”.
